Rural Nursing Homes Foresee Financial Strain, Fear Failure To Qualify for Exemptions from CMS’ Staffing Mandate

Nursing homes in states with large rural communities have long struggled to grapple with workforce issues, and for most of these rural providers there seems to be no end in sight, making fulfilling the federal government’s staffing mandate an impossibility. For such communities, registered nurses (RNs) are especially hard to recruit, and statistics paint a […]